- British naval aircraft since 1912.
Book
CID:
- 60509
Class:
- Farnborough : QR (03)629.73 THE
Authors:
- Thetford, O.
Edition:
- 4th
Place of Publication:
- London
Publisher:
- Putnam
Publication Date:
- 1978
Language:
- English
Subjects:
- Aircraft - Landplanes
- Water takeoff and landing aircraft
- Navy
- Military Aircraft
- Britain
- Histories
Abstract:
- This new extensively revised edition contains well over 400 photographs and 120 three-view general arrangement drawings. It reviews several decades of naval aviation from the earliest Short and Sopwith seaplanes of the 1914-18 War and the classic inter-war biplanes such as the Flycatcher and the Nimrod. It continues on into the Second World War with the Swordfish, and Fulmars, through to the post-war years and the Sea Fury. Classic American supplied aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm such as the Wildcat, Hellcat and Avenger are also included. The illustrated introduction is a useful potted history of the development of British naval aviation and the evolution of deck-flying from the earliest tentative experiments to such British inventions as the angled deck, steam catapults, mirror landing aids and, latest of all, the "ski-jump" launching device for the latest Sea Harrier. Extensive appendices include lists of Fleet Air Arm squadrons and their equipment, ships carrying helicopters, lighter-than-air aircraft (known as blimps) of the RNAS 1914-18 and the rigid airships R9 to R34.
Notes:
- (PRI) 9.50 GBP
- (PHY) Illustrations and photographs
- (ORG) England
Collation:
- 480p
Historical Created Date:
- 22 Aug 2013
Publication Date Information:
- 1978